US Marines toughen up by drinking SNAKE BLOOD and beheading chickens with their teeth

This is so scary..........

Gone are the days when a few press-ups and tackling an assault course proved your worth as a soldier.

These U.S. Marines now drink cobra blood and rip the heads off chickens with their bare teeth as part of their training.

They were among around 13,000 soldiers from seven countries participating in a combined jungle survival exercise at a military base in Thailand.

A U.S. Marine drinks the blood of a cobra during a jungle survival exercise with the Thai Navy in Chanthaburi province, Thailand
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The Marines were among 13,000 soldiers from seven countries participating in a combined exercise at a military base in Thailand

The Marines were encouraged to experience the local custom of drinking the animal's blood, which is sold as an aphrodisiac in parts of Eastern Asia